- From: Matthew Ström via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 21:05:39 +0000
- To: public-design-tokens-log@w3.org
Of course the editors will have to weigh in and clarify, but given your example:
```js
{
"gray": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": "#808080"
},
"grey": {
"$type": "dimension",
"$value": "{gray}"
}
}
```
The token `grey` has a declared `$type` property, so according to the resolution order, we interpret it as being of type `dimension`. The spec says the value of `dimension` tokens must be a "string containing a number (either integer or floating-point) followed by either a "px" or "rem" unit (future spec iterations may add support for additional units)." So it's not valid after all! I would expect the parser to fail and return something like `error: '{gray}' is not a valid value for type "dimension"`.
As for the question of "should we enable authors to retype tokens" ... I haven't come across a case for allowing retyping, either.
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